Niko Platis raised to 2,000 from early position and the player next to act re-raised to 8,000. The player on the button called and both of the blinds called.
Platis came along and they went five handed to the flop.
The small blind checked and Sheldon Gross fired out a bet of 15,400. It folded to the player on the button who moved all in for 76,900 and Gross called.
Sheldon Gross:
Opponent:
The dealer burned and turned the and Gross improved to trip nines to take the lead while his opponent picked up the nut flush draw.
The river was no help to the player on the button who was sent to the rail and Gross dragged in the sizeable pot.
The final Event #11 Almighty Stack NLH $300,000 GTD flight is in the books and it was Bryan Neira leading the Day 1d survivors with 2,011,000.
Neira sits second on the chip counts right behind Markus Alim, who returns as the overall chip leader after putting a staggering 2,037,000 in the bag on Day 1a.
Some of the other players to bag big this flight include Michael Morgan (1,301,000), Sam Taylor (1,195,000), Douglas Shirk (1,140,000) and Prabu Dyal (904,000).
There were 1,459 total Almighty Stack entries and approximately 360 combined survivors will return to the poker room on Friday, November 15 at noon local time to resume play.
Below is a look at some of the day 1d big stacks and players that are advancing.
A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of play.